Warde bile acids at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$514.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$514.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$14.09 with Texas Health Network vs $462.60 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $14.09 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.38 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.38 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.38 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.38 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.38 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.38 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.38 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.38 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $14.67 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.53 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.82 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $16.78 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.12 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.12 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.12 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.12 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.12 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.12 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.12 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $17.12 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $17.12 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $17.12 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.12 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.12 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $17.12 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.12 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $17.27 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $17.29 ↓ -97%
United MCR $17.46 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $17.63 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $17.63 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $17.63 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $17.63 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.63 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.63 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.98 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $18.15 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $18.15 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $18.15 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $18.15 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $18.15 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.53 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.53 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $18.66 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.54 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $22.26 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.82 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $24.82 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $26.54 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $26.54 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.84 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.90 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.58 ↓ -93%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $35.95 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.81 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $38.18 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $47.76 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $49.48 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $51.19 ↓ -90%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $51.37 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $54.61 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $62.71 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $71.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $77.01 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $83.39 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $83.39 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $83.39 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $85.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $86.35 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $88.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $88.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $88.60 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $91.62 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $104.08 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $104.08 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $104.08 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $112.54 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $112.54 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $112.54 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $123.36 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $140.32 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $179.90 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $179.90 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $221.02 ↓ -57%
Humana HMO $228.73 ↓ -56%
Humana PPO $228.73 ↓ -56%
Averde Health Commercial $231.30 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $231.30 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $231.30 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $273.96 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $282.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $282.70 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $308.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $308.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $308.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $308.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $334.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $385.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $411.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $421.48 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $436.90 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $436.90 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $436.90 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $462.60 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $184.64 $14.38 – $71.10
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.50 $12.33 – $90.00
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $86.33 $10.00 – $107.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $112.49 $12.00 – $168.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.22 $12.00 – $136.52
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